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College Profile: American Academy of Art

The American Academy of Art is a professional, accredited fine arts school located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1923 for the education of both fine and commercial arts. The school has a tradition of top art education with exceptional students being awarded the academy's most prestigious honor, the William H. Mosby Scholarship- a scholarship named after the academy's master artist professor who was trained at the Brussels Academy of Fine Art, Belgium.

The mission of the American Academy of Art is to teach students the traditional and contemporary skills of the professsional artist to enable them to pursue careers in art. Academy graduates will have the professional skills and vision, the knowledge of other disciplines of human achievement, and the attitudes toward lifelong learning needed to succeed in a constantly evolving global job market while contributing to their communities.